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Waze removes Google Assistant from iOS due to ongoing issues


Since the integration of Google Assistant for Waze on iOS in 2020, iPhone users have faced ongoing issues that the company has struggled to resolve for Navigation app Waze officially discontinued its Google Assistant integration on iOS app.

Manyusers had previously reported on Reddit that when they click the microphone button and speak, there is no response, even though Assistant seems to detect their voice. As a replacement, the company plans to introduce an “enhanced voice interaction solution” sometime in the near future, as stated in a recent announcement on the official forum. The timing of the change makes sense, as Google announced earlier this month that it’s transitioning more users from Assistant to Gemini.

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